I guess I need to write to msnbc now too.
Here's a link to an editorial that's strangely similar from the paper in the town i grew up in:
http://www.observer-reporter.com/287412334753368.bspCould this be GOP talking points sent to conservative columnists and editors?
Here's the letter I sent my hometown paper:
Your dismissal of what appears to be a pattern of deception and manipulation of intelligence as the product of a slow news cycle is outrageous. This concerns the most important decision a president can make - sending the country to war. According to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, the total number of all coalition casualties, combat and otherwise, in Iraq as of today is 290. More are dying daily. It's estimated that there have been in excess of 5000 Iraqi civilians killed so far as well. This occupation is costing American taxpayers in the neighborhood of 4 billion dollars a month.
The recent 9/11 report found no connection between Hussein and Al Quaeda and we have found no weapons of mass destruction. This war was sold to the American people as the last resort to an imminent threat. Apologists can scream as loudly as they want that he gassed his own people, but the fact remains, that at the time he was committing this crime many of those involved in planning the current adventure considered Saddam an ally and there was not a peep to be heard. Around that same time Donald Rumsfeld paid a visit to Mr. Hussein but unfortunately there was no discussion of his gassing of Kurds. Mr. Rumsfeld was more interested at that time in lobbying on behalf of the Bechtel Corporation. A company that, interestingly enough, was the recent recipient of a large government contract in the newly liberated Iraq.
But, since you think there's a dearth of real news, I have a suggestion. Perhaps you could investigate what's being done regarding the felonious outing of an undercover CIA agent involved in WMD proliferation. In recent columns by Robert Novak and Time magazine it was mentioned by two senior White House officials that Joseph Wilson's wife recommended him for the job of investigating the Africa uranium issue. The articles also mention that the same senior White House sources said that Mr. Wilson's wife is a current undercover CIA agent. They also gave the name that she goes by. Do you think this outing might be a way of intimidating whistleblowers wanting to expose the truth, national security be damned? Joseph Wilson thinks it is.
There are plenty of questions that need to be asked of this administration. I hardly think this is something that the editors of a newspaper should be so cavalier about.
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